Reputation is what others perceive you as being, and their opinion may be right or wrong. Character, however, is what you really are, and nobody knows that but you.

John Wooden
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When you have a reputation, others perceive you based on your actions. If you are a kind, generous person, people will think of you as being kind and generous. If you are mean and selfish, they will think of you as being mean and selfish. With character, nobody knows that but you.

They cannot look into your soul and see what is there. You can try to hide it, but they will still not know exactly what kind of person you really are deep down inside.

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